The Southern herald., 1887-05-07
PICTURESQUE TRIESTE.
The CorsO. Canal and Citadel OF Austria'a
One Important Seaport.

The CorsO. Canal and Citadel OF Austria'a |
One Important SeapOrt.
Trieste is far from being intrinsically
tbe most interesting city in Europe
The high hills that cluster about it APP
pear to be trying to crowd it into the
Adriatic, but it tcIings closely to the
narrow strip Of level ground along the
waters edge, expands up the steep hill
sides and thrusts its streets, like ten
drills, up the one Or two valleys that
give gradual access to the highlands
behind it. Up the main valley extends
a sort Of broad canal or port, and runs
the Corso, the principal but not very
handsome business thoroughfare of the
city. Near the end Of the Corso begins
long avenue set with several rows Of
trees and called s'alley,N like those at|
Marseilles, but it Is less shady and
handsome. Here thewhole population
Of the city comes on all the pleasant
evenings Of the year and passes up and
down along its mile or more of length.
or goes on beyond into the Bor-
chetti, the wooded park that stretches
far up one Of the broad -hillsides. Near
by the grand alley, which has some
well-patronized cafes, where very good
music can be heard, is public garden
moderately well kept, and not far of
the Piazzetta Ricardo that is, 'Ltttle.
Place Richard because, SO says the
popular legend, in a building adjoin-
ing it, Richard the Lion Heart was first
imprisoned after his capture on his re-
turn from Palestine by the treacherous
Duke Of Austria. It is not presumed
to be the one where Blondel found him.
The story is perhaps true. Il it is not
it gives not disagreeable fill-up to-
the imagination ina citylwhere life
stagnates just q little, There is an
other personal "reminiscences OF quite
different kind. Fouche, the famous
Minister Of Police Of Napoleon, died
here in 1920 and his ashes repose un-
der slab in the old Cathedral Santo
Giusto.
9 Along the canals there are signs Of
life, and also near the quays, which
reach out their moles like teeth or
hooks encircling placid bits Of water.
Along them are some public places,
surrounded by hotels and cafes, and
near by are streets containing some OF
the handsomest shops, in which one oft
en- hears German spoken. The tide Of
German commerce has reached and
partially overfown Trieste. But the
personal types are Italian, and often
very handsome, and the language that
one hears in the streets and cafes is
the soft southern tongue. It seems a
great pity that town purely Italian
should be Austrian---that Italy can not
have her own. To the left as you 60
up the Corso lies what's called the new
city; to the right the older and more
crooked quarters, which, if they
fail to interest the ordinary trav-
eler, are old enough to satisfy
the most exacting antiquarian. To
penetrate this quarter you begin to
climb almost at the waters edge, and
wind slowly up to the cathedral through
narrow streets, lined with ancient
houses and shops selling all sorts Of
denominations. In time and after much
WEAKNESS you emerge on the cathedral
terro esplanado, whence you have a
superb view of cloudless sky and tran
quill sea- When tod that the annual
movement of the port is 1900 ships,
you naturally wonder that you see
none arriving or departing, not even q
sail to vary the monotony of the vast
expanse Of blue water stretching away
to the southern horizon. ~ En.
Near the cathedral is the citadel,
but the guard at the gate thinks you
had better not GO in, so you take 3
second look at the church front. i
is antique and queer and among
the decorations Of the facade
are three bronze busts Of bishops, will
six ancient busts coming from old
Roman tombs--a strange blending o.
heathenism and Christianity. An
ql,ities are not wanting at Trieste, sucf
as they are. There is a museum full
OF them, and there is an ancient arch
but whether it is one intended to cele'
hrate triumph Of Roman arms OF
helped support an aqueduct, the an
tiquarians have not yet made up theiI
minds. The Emperor has a palace
here and comes occasionally. He has
a choice of climate in his dominions,
the extremes being represented by thu
heights Of the Tyrol and the shores O
the Mediterranean. The people o
Trieste bear Austrian rule patiently
It is a long time since they knew any
other. They were never part o
United Italy.-AIbert Sat'ife, IN Sa'
Francisco Chronicle, 1856
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